Brazil’s commitment to sustainable development is a deep-rooted one. It permeates our public policies and our actions abroad.
Neymar is the representative of the Brazil team, of what we’re all about. Being in the squad alongside him is always a pleasure, and we always have more chance of being champions if he’s around.
Four years ago maybe we thought we were inferior to Brazil, subconsciously we didn’t see ourselves beating them. Now we believe in ourselves, we can be on the pitch with any team in the world and think we can win.
I was educated to think maybe Brazil works, maybe it doesn’t. But I decided I am going to make this country work for my children. I am investing all my effort now in making Brazil a great country.
My computer background is a black and white picture I took of the Niteroi Contemporary Art Museum in Brazil.
The message growth rate in Brazil – it’s not like a hockey stick: it’s like a vertical line.
I’ve been working for the UFC since I stopped fighting. It’s been very exciting, looking at all the new guys, all the young talents in Brazil and trying to help them out, promote themselves and get them into the UFC.
In Argentina, in Brazil, I remember going to Australia, all the trips I did in Japan, you know how they’d advertise me? ‘From Madison Square Garden, Bruno Sammartino.’
First of all my golfing experience spans all corners of the World – Brazil, New Zealand, L.A. And I think the best place is when you play with friends. I particularly enjoy playing golf with my best friend, former Manchester United player Dwight Yorke. It is the best experience when we can get together on a golf course.
Whenever I score for Manchester City, my mother calls me. As soon as the ball hits the back of the net, the phone rings. It doesn’t matter if she’s back home in Brazil or if she’s in the stadium watching me. She calls me every time. So I run to the corner flag, and I put my hand to my ear, and I say, ‘Alo Mae!’
Brazil has so many good free-kick takers.
Brazil must resume and deepen Latin American integration.
It is a big responsibility to play for Brazil. But I know how to deal with it.
At the World Cup, I carried my mum’s Caribbean sauce around with me. She makes her own, and I brought it to Brazil – I needed to have it there. We’re very down-to-earth; it’s the nature of my family. We came from nothing.
Ireland, Italy and Brazil are the most musical places for me. They’re extremely musical cultures and anything you pitch they basically catch.
So I feel a responsibility to help first-time film-makers in Brazil, but also to increase the dialogue between film cultures which are really wonderful and so much closer to us than what we do see on our screens.
Sometimes I say in France: Europe is no more the center of the world – and the United States, neither. We have other key players on the international stage: China, of course; but also Brazil, India and South Africa. And their influence is very, very strong.
I have been with President Trump as he has spoken with leaders from countries on six continents, including Brazil, Bolivia, Ecuador, France, India, Indonesia, Italy, Kenya, Pakistan, Paraguay, Philippines, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, the United Kingdom and many more.
I’ve lived for two years in Croatia, one year in Japan, Brazil, Spain, and all those different countries.
Venezuela, with Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, is a full member of Mercosur. And many other Latin American countries, CARICOM, Bolivia have expressed their support for Venezuela. The Arab League, the full Arab League has voiced its support.
It’s difficult as a player once you have gone back to Brazil to get that second chance in Europe. Sometimes you only get one chance.
I know the importance of the number 10. In Brazil, the one who wears 10 constructs the attacks.
In ’82 Brazil showed that you can’t win the World Cup without a solid defense.
I work everywhere. If there is a nice adventure in South Korea, for example, why not? Russia, Brazil, whatever. I’m ready for almost anything.
I grew up in the States, but I go back to Brazil quite often, and a big part of me is very Brazilian, so there’s a constant struggle between the two cultures within me. They’re very different approaches to life.
While Argentina, Brazil, and Chile – what in textbooks used to be called the ABC countries – seem settled into democratic politics and free market economics, the Andean countries are in disarray.
Growing up watching the Premier League, the person with the most presence was Gilberto Silva. He was everywhere in Brazil. His matches were always televised. He was the main figure I was following in the Premier League.
I went out of Brazil very early, so the people in Brazil didn’t know me well. So they didn’t support me so much. I was never intimidated by this because I always knew that I had to go to the field and do my job.
Brazil’s got everything to be a great country for Brazilians and for immigrants.
Turkey and Brazil, though half a world apart geographically, have much in common. Both are large countries that spent long years under military dominance, but have broken with that history and made decisive steps towards full democracy.
Brazil eats, sleeps and drinks football. It lives football!
We need to unify Brazil, to pacify it.
When I go to Brazil, I feel like an American, and in the U.S., I always notice the traits that make me Brazilian.
A national team is a reflection of its country’s football, and both Brazil and Argentina have earned respect for what they’ve achieved.
We can’t continue with this social democracy here in Brazil.
Banks’ beer. There’s nothing like it! To Brazil. And to Barbados justice.
After I signed pro forms in 1991, I went on to be chosen for a Paulista state championship select XI, then for Brazil at youth level, then for the full squad, and then finally I became a World Cup winner.
In Brazil, we believe a lot in skill. We think it will decide matches and tournaments. Sometimes we forget the tactical side.
Whatever he has achieved in football, Phil Neville has always bounced back from adversity – from giving away a crucial penalty at Euro 2000 to being thrown in the deep end as a pundit at the World Cup in Brazil.
When you’re in Portuguese-African Brazil, or Lisbon, or Mozambique, sometimes piri piri is used as a condiment. Sometimes piri piri is just spices from a jar, and sometimes it’s made with garlic, olive oil, cilantro, parsley, and some light chilies.
It was just great to wear the Brazil shirt in the senior team for the first time. I’d already worn it before playing for various age groups in the youth teams but it’s very different playing for the Brazilian first team.
Brazil will change when its cities change.
A country the size of Brazil can’t be held back by Mercosur to do trade with the rest of the world.
Imagine Chael Sonnen walking into Chute Boxe and training with Wanderlei Silva, Anderson Silva, or any of the coaches. Do you think they would have let him train after all the things he said about Brazil? No. They would have defended Brazil’s honor.
A World Cup in Brazil has to be a career highlight for any player. Everyone wants to be there.
What most surprises me about Brazil is the extent of the difficulties that we create for ourselves. We create a lot of legislation to control the Brazilian state itself, that this ends up meaning that things don’t go with the speed any head of government would like.
I used to watch English football on TV when I was younger in Brazil. I already knew it was a dynamic, competitive and fast way of playing. When I got here, I just confirmed all of that.
Between 1995 and 2009, Western Europe’s entrepreneurs created jobs faster than the U.S. did, and European economies exported more than the BRIC countries of Brazil, Russia, India and China. Eastern Europe’s productivity increased more rapidly than East Asia’s.
I’ve had tough times before. Leaving Brazil when I was so young, saying goodbye to my family and friends to go to another culture, that was so difficult.
In Brazil, young boys dream of playing in the Champions League and I’m very proud to have realized my dream.
My mother’s father was from Brazil – a painter, and not a famous one – and was always broke. But he was a free spirit, a great grandfather.
Peppers, garlic, hazelnuts and brazil nuts make my mouth, tongue and eyes swell and itch within minutes of eating them.
Modeling has given me the opportunity to travel outside of Brazil and see the world. I have been meeting many interesting and talented people along the way.
Brazil hates me. Oh, big deal. Cry me a river, build a bridge, and walk over it.
Brazil is the land of football. They have a lot of passion.
The national team is part of my life. I have an incredible history, of many conquests and also many defeats. But to play for Brazil, I have to have a club and play well. I’m not going to be picked on my past or because of my sponsor, as many have said.
In Brazil, we think we can help by using our image, the fact that we are very well known, to help others. I think lots of footballers want to do something, but many don’t know how.
It’s really weird when we’re out of the country, whether we’re in Brazil or Greece or some crazy place like France or Germany. When you hear your song on the radio or in a store, and you’re in a different country, it’s really freaky and surreal.
